The parts made from the new PEBA powder are ideally suited for the manufacture of functional 3D plastic parts, including prototypes as well as series products.

Fabian Stoever, Senior Product Manager for Polymers and EOS, the global technology and quality leader so high-end solutions in the area of additive manufacturing, said: “Flexible polymer materials significantly expand the options for additive manufacturing because they allows us to realise new, demanding applications in attractive markets.”

“In addition, the variety of materials not only enables us to produce individual high-tech functional components, but also to develop much more sophisticated 3D concepts that make use of the entire material range.”

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